Hacking Install CIAs with BigBlueMenu without actually installing it

[Quantumcat]

Can you use BigBlueMenu from the Gateway cartridge to install CIA files without having to actually install it to your home menu? And if you do install it to your home menu can you get rid of it later?

 

[dedChar]

What you mean by installing, but not installing?
The only thing you can do is install it and afterwards uninstall it.

 

[Quantumcat]

You use bigbluemenu.3ds to install bigbluemenu.cia. Then afterwards, you use the BigBlueMenu installed on your home menu to install other CIA files. I would like to know if I can use bigbluemenu.3ds to install CIA games directly, without having to install bigbluemenu.cia. And if I do have to install bigbluemenu.cia, can I get rid of it later.

 

[dedChar]

Yes, you can simply use the .3ds to install your games.

 

[Quantumcat]

Thanks! I thought I'd be able to, but since I couldn't find any evidence of a guide saying you can I was afraid of experimenting and doing something bad.

 

[leerz]

Can you use BigBlueMenu from the Gateway cartridge to install CIA files without having to actually install it to your home menu? And if you do install it to your home menu can you get rid of it later?

not sure
but I think you can do this, FBI can be loaded through the Select Health & Safety app., completely discreet

Alright, thanks to zoogie and his tool, we may found a way to install FBI on a 2DS :

Download this pack : http://jheberg.net/captcha/fbi-injection/

1. Use the gateway launcher.dat to create your emunand (format emunand, backup your sd card content first
2. Setup rxTools : http://www.rxtools.net/#!howto (replace the rxTools.dat with one of the patched one)
3. Use rxTools to get your nand xorpad (Decryption Options -> Generate fat16 Xorpad). Put it on the FBI injection folder
4. Open emunand tool, choose extract emunand then choose the FBI injection folder for the destination
5. Drag and drop your emunand on dragNandDumpForFat16.bat
6. When it's done (Ignore the error if you get one) , execute decrypt.bat
7. Execute the MAKE_FBI_NCCH which match your console region. It will generate a 0000000X.app file.
8. Open WinImage.
9. Drag and drop the emuNAND.fat16.bin.out on the program then click on OK
10. Go to title/0040010/00022300/content for a EU console or title/0040010/00021300/content for US one.
11. Delete the 0000000X.app inside. (You can extract it first if you want)
12. Click on Image->Inject then choose your own 0000000X.app.
13. Save and close WinImage.
14. Execute reencrypt.bat
15. Restore your emunand with emunand tool.
16. Boot on the emunand with rxTools. Select Health & Safety app. FBI should boot instead.

Tested it on a 4.2 O3DS and it works fine, so it should work on a 2DS too.

 

[Quantumcat]

It worked fine. I now have a legit CIA of Mario 3D Land on my 3DS and no trace of BigBlueMenu :-)